Domestic fruit-drier



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JEROME B. SWEETLAND, OF PONTIAC, MICHIGAN.

DOMESTIC FRUIT-DRIER.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 252,815, dated January 24, 1882.

Application filed October 26, 1880. Renewed August 27, 1881.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JEROME B. SWEETLANI), a citizen of the United States, residing at Pontiac, in the county of Oakland and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Domestic Fruit-Dricrs; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,- and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 is aside elevation of a fruit-drier embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view with the cap of the drier removed. Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view. Fig. 4 is a plan view, the trays and cap being removed. Fig.-5 is a view of one of the trays in vertical section before the wire bottom is put in place; anti Fig. 6 is a vertical sectional view of a complete tray.

This invention has relation to fruit-driers for domestic use; and it consists in the improved features of construction and combination, hereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claims. 7

Referring by letter to the accompanying drawings, A designates the base or stove section of the drier, which is provided with perforations B in its shell, near the bottom thereof.

0 designates the diaphragm, which is provided with sector-shaped openings formed by cutting the arc and one side of the sector in the diaphragm and then bending the wing or interior portion of the material upward a short distance, as shown in Fig. 2 at D. These wings D are then pieced at the side and are to cause them to extend over the openings 0, in order that the heat in passing up through the opening will not rise vertically, but will be deflected by the \vingsD and caused to circulate throughout the entire interior of the drier.

(No model.)

E designates one of the trays, and F the cap, with a small flue, G, at the top. The trays are first made bottomless, with an internal flange, a, as seen in Fig. 5. The wire bottom H is laid in on this flange, and a galvanized-ironwire ring, I), is placed thereon and soldered fast in several places, to hold the wire-gauze bottom in place. The traysfitonewithin the other, as shown in Fig. 2. The base-section is provided with handles for conveniently manipulating it.

From the foregoing description, taken inconnection with the drawings, the construction and operation of my invention will be readily understood. It is simple, inexpensive, and convenient for domestic use.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. In a fruit-drier, the base-section A, provided with the diaphragm 0, having the deflecting-wings D, made larger than the openings U, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a fruit-drier, the base-section A, having perforations B, and diaphragm 0, having openings 0 and wings D, in combination with the trays E H a and the cap F G, constructed and operating substantially as and for the purposes set forth. 7

3. In a fruit-drier, the tray E, having internal flange, a, in combination with the wiregauze bottom H, and the securing-ring 1), constructed and operating substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony whereofl afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JEROME B. SWEETLAND.

Witnesses:

J UNIUS TEN EYoK, HARRY S. TEN EYCK. 

